Journal | Il Tolomeo
Journal issue | 19 | 2017
Research Article | Diablesse de femme

Diablesse de femme

De l’ethnographie à la narration, la métamorphose dans le conte folklorique haïtien

Abstract

Ethnographic and semiotic studies have one thing in common: they both share an interest in researching the origin of meaning and how meaning works in human behaviour or in human narration. The aim of this research is to show this connection through the semiotic and ethnographic analysis of metamorphosis. Namely, a collection of 60 haitian folktales, characterised by a metamorphosis in the narrative program, is analysed using Greimas’s veridictory square; then, the results are compared to the ethnographic studies about metamorphosis and to the practice of storytelling in Haitian culture. This comparison will prove that metamorphosis has similar qualities and similar meanings, such as the equality between the identity of men, animals and spirits, in both fields of study.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Aug. 24, 2017 | Accepted: Sept. 17, 2017 | Published Dec. 21, 2017 | Language: fr

Keywords Veridictory square • Metamorphosis meaning • Folktales • Francophone literatures

Copyright © 2017 Veronica Brunetto. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/2499-5975/Tol-19-17-07


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